CBS is shuttering its radio division, which provides top of the hour news segments to over 700 affiliate stations. CBS News was already in a rapid tailspin, but this will be a deeply felt blow to broadcast radio in the US.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/cbs-news-radio-to-shut-down/

CBS News Radio to shut down after nearly a century of broadcasting

CBS News announced Friday that CBS News Radio will be shutting down this spring after nearly 100 years of broadcasting, citing "challenging economic realities."

Back in August 2024, CBS shut down WCBS Newsradio 880AM, one of NYCs two all-news radio stations. At midnight the station changed its call sign to WHSQ and morphed into a generic syndicated sports format.

Station management allowed the news staff pretty much free rein for the last day. I recorded the last hour or so from Washington, DC, which the signal regularly reached at night.

https://www.mattblaze.org/private/20240826-0247Z-0227A-880AM-WCBS-WHSQ-NYC-News-Signoff-RoofSR286.mp3

@mattblaze Nice! I've downloaded that to enjoy later. As a child in Southern CA I loved listening to the LA (KNX) and SF (KCBS) CBS radio all news stations. KNX used to have old time radio from 9 to 10 every night. In the evenings I could pick up KCBS sometimes. Especially when camping out in the desert during pre-internet days I would listen to KCBS on my pocket radio when Art Bell got too boring or I couldn't find anything on shortwave.

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Wow, thanks for recording that. Listening to Wayne Cabot’s last sign-off for CBS was like listening to the final sign-off for the USA if you know what I mean.

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One of the good things of living too close to the US was that I get a lot of TV/radio stations. However, I'm afraid the fun won't last long.

I'll certainly miss PBS.

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